SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register , 91 FR 28620, on May 18, 2026, allowing a 60-day comment period. We encourage written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed information collection. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:

—Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary to properly perform ATF's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility;

—Evaluate the agency's estimate of the proposed information collection's burden for accuracy, including validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

—Evaluate whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the collected information can be enhanced, and if so, how; and

—Minimize the information collection's burden on those who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting people to submit electronic responses.

Written comments and recommendations for this information collection to the following website: www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB control number: 1140-0NEW. This information collection does not have a collection instrument.

You may also view this information collection request at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice information collections currently under review by OMB and look for 1140-NEW. Please send copies of public comments to the POC—Andrew Blacker, 99 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20226, or by telephone (202) 648-9446.

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three years without renewal. DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

Abstract: The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act and ATF regulations at 27 CFR 646 require that each person who ships, sells, or distributes cigarettes or smokeless tobacco must keep copies of invoices, bills of lading, or other suitable commercial records relating to each disposition of more than 10,000 cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in excess of 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages, and must report the purchaser or recipient's name; destination street address; and quantity of cigarettes distributed.

Type of information collection: new collection.

Title of the form/collection: Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements.

Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number: none. Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, and obligation to respond: Affected public: private sector-for profit institutions. Obligation to respond: mandatory per the Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, which amended the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) (18 U.S.C. 2341-2346).

Total estimated number of respondents: 14,311 respondents.

Estimated time per respondent: 0 total hours.

Frequency: once annually.

Total estimated annual time burden: 0 total hours.

Total estimated annual other costs burden: $0.

Revisions to This Information Collection

This is a new information collection. ( printed page 51183)

Public Comments

ATF did not receive comments on this information collection during the 60-day notice and comment period.

If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

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